All of us know that "hitting down" on the shuttle is the way to win in doubles. But do you apply this principle on the return of serve? Since you know the serve has to be lifted, there is no excuse for not aggressively returning serve so that your side has the offense.

Taken from Badminton Extreme at http://board.badmintonx.org/index.php?cat=8

Richard Vaughan and his partner, fifteen year old Sarah Thomas of the Memory Lane supported Badminton Academy reached the quarter Final of the Hungarian Open this weekend in Budapest.

The Hungarian Open was once again a very well supported tournaments with teams from all over Europe including parts of the Russian first team, England, Denmark, and Germany.

The pair who started off in qualification beat Hungary's Szent and Varga 21-9, 21-6, and then the seeds Smrek, and Sopkova of Slovakia 21-12 21-14.

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